Page 4 South African Orthopaedic Journal http://journal.saoa.org.za CONFERENCES, COURSES AND SYMPOSIA LOCAL AUGUST 2020 66th South African Orthopaedic Association (SAOA) Congress 31 August 2020 – 4 September 2020 Venue: CTICC 2 (Cape Town International Convention Centre 2), Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Organiser: South African Orthopaedic Association (SAOA) Theme: ‘Together into the Future’, with an emphasis on advances made in the delivery of orthopaedic care Academic programme: The academic programme includes all the SAOA-affiliated specialty groups with both local and invited international guest speakers. Topics will cover hip, knee, shoulder and elbow, hand, paediatric, foot and ankle, trauma, tumour, sepsis and spine surgery while continuing to support surgeon wellness and support. There will be sessions on ethics and a registrar day. Chairman: Dr Pradeep Makan, SAOA 2020 Congress Committee Registration: tel +27 51 430 3280 or +27 83 391 2715; email: info@saoa.org.za Website: https://saoa.org.za/saoa-2020-congress/ Abstract deadline: 17h00 on 30 April 2020 INTERNATIONAL APRIL 2020 6th International Knee Update Davos 2020 02 April 2020 - 05 April 2020 Davos, Switzerland World Congress on Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases – WCO IOF-ESCEO Barcelona 2020 02 April 2020 - 05 April 2020 Barcelona, Spain 13th International Conference on Osteoporosis, Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders Dubai 2020 08 April 2020 - 09 April 2020 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Berlin International Shoulder Course BISC 2020 16 April 2020 - 18 April 2020 Berlin, Germany EUROSPINE Spring Specialty Meeting 29 April 2020 - 01 May 2020 Frankfurt am Main, Germany OARSI 2020 World Congress 30 April 2020 - 03 May 2020 Vienna, Austria MAY 2020 International Hip Revision Course 2020 06 May 2020 - 08 May 2020 Edinburgh, United Kingdom Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA) 2020 Annual Meeting and Pre-Course 13 May 2020 - 16 May 2020 San Diego, United States 33rd Annual EMSOS 13 May 2020 - 15 May 2020 Graz, Austria JUNE 2020 EULAR Congress 2020 03 June 2020 - 06 June 2020 Frankfurt am Main , Germany The 2020 COA/CORS/CORA Annual Meeting 03 June 2020 - 06 June 2020 Halifax, Canada DGOOC Foot Course Berlin 2020 18 June 2020 - 20 June 2020 Berlin, Germany Swiss Orthopaedics Annual Congress Basel 2020 24 June 2020 - 26 June 2020 Basel, Switzerland OTF Module 4 – The chronic patient: osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, rheumatism 26 June 2020 - 27 June 2020 Munich, Germany Page 4 South African Orthopaedic Journal http://journal.saoa.org.za CONFERENCES, COURSES & SYMPOSIA SASSH (SA Society for Surgery of the Hand) Refresher Course 23-25 February 2018 Pretoria 18th Congress SA Spine Society 24-26 May 2018 Elangeni Hotel, Durban 64th Congress of the South African Orthopaedic Association 3-6 September 2018 CSIR, Pretoria JANUARY 2018 2nd International Consensus Meeting on Orthopaedic Infections 25 January 2018 - 26 January 2018 Philadelphia, United States Focus on Arthroplasty Symposium: Unicondylar Knee Replacement 26 January 2018 - 27 January 2018 Frankfurt am Main, Germany 19th Annual AAOS/AANA/AOSSM Sports Medicine Course 31 January 2018 - 04 February 2018 Park City, United States FEBRUARY 2018 Bernese Hip Symposium 2018 01 February 2018 - 03 February 2018 Bern, Switzerland Paris Shoulder Symposium 2018 01 February 2018 - 03 February 2018 Paris, France Scandinavian Hand Surgical Dissection Course 05 February 2018 - 06 February 2018 Copenhagen, Denmark Endoprosthetics Congress Berlin 2018 22 February 2018 - 24 February 2018 Berlin, Germany MARCH 2018 AAOS 2018 Annual Meeting 06 March 2018 - 10 March 2018 New Orleans, United States Kiel Arthroscopy Course 2018 09 March 2018 - 10 March 2018 Kiel, Germany Utrecht Spine Course: Complex Paediatric Spine 09 March 2018 - 10 March 2018 Utrecht, Netherlands Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society – ORS 2018 10 March 2018 - 13 March 2018 New Orleans, United States 12th International Congress of Sports Medicine Society of Greece / 12th Hellenic-Cypriot Conference 16 March 2018 - 18 March 2018 Thessaloniki, Greece 12th International Meeting of the Austrian Foot Society 22 March 2018 - 24 March 2018 Going am Wilden Kaiser, Austria European Pelvic Course 2018 22 March 2018 - 24 March 2018 Hamburg, Germany LOCAL INTERNATIONAL